Christian Gottlieb Hoernle letter to Justin Perkins, 1836 January 14

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Creator	Hoernle, Gottlieb
Addressee	Perkins, Justin, 1805-1869
Title	Christian Gottlieb Hoernle letter to Justin Perkins, 1836 January 14
Dates	1836-01-14
Abstract	Gottlieb Hoernle letter to Justin Perkins in which Hoernle writes regarding a variety of topics including his English language learning, the Perkinses reaching Urmia safely, their journey back to Tabreez (Tabriz) after they left the Perkinses, the Koordish (Kurdish) language and dialects, their conviction that a translation of gospel into Kurdish is possible but would be useless, their letter to the society (Basel Evangelical Missionary Society) expressing this conviction, the possible leaving of Mr. Haas and Mr. Wolters for Tehran, a musical box for Perkins, housekeeping, his headaches, and how they generally spend their days. He also discusses Gabriel who is leaving and their other Nestorian servant who also planned to return to Urmia. Hoernle says that he refused to allow him to do so until they found a replacement and describes beating the man after he said he was still going.
Physical Description	1 item (6 pages) ; 28 x 22 cm
Languages	English
Place of Production	Tabrīz (Iran)
Genre	Correspondence
Subject	Hoernle, Gottlieb – Correspondence
Subject	Perkins, Justin, 1805-1869 – Correspondence
Subject	Household employees – Abuse of
Subject	Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft in Basel
Subject	Missions, German – Iran – Tabrīz
Part of	Justin Perkins (AC 1829) Papers
Finding Aid	View the finding aid for this item's collection
Repository	Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location	Box 1 Folder 9
Rights	No Copyright - United States